[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 19CFR4.2]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 4--VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 4.2  Reports of arrival of vessels.

    (a) Upon arrival in any port or place within the U.S., including, 
for purposes of this section, the U.S. Virgin Islands, of any vessel 
from a foreign port or place, any foreign vessel from a port or place 
within the U.S., or any vessel of the U.S. carrying bonded merchandise 
or foreign merchandise for which entry has not been made, the master of 
the vessel shall immediately report that arrival to the nearest Customs 
facility or other location designated by the port director. The report 
of arrival, except as supplemented in local instructions issued by the 
port director and made available to interested parties by posting in 
Customs offices, publication in a newspaper of general circulation, and 
other appropriate means, shall be made by any means of communication to 
the port director or to a Customs officer assigned to board the vessel. 
The Customs officer may require the production of any documents or 
papers deemed necessary for the proper inspection/examination of the 
vessel, cargo, passenger, or crew.

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    (b) For purposes of this part, ``foreign port or place'' includes a 
hovering vessel, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1401(k), and any point in 
Customs waters beyond the territorial sea or on the high seas at which a 
vessel arriving in a port or place in the U.S. has received merchandise.
    (c) In the case of certain vessels arriving either in distress or 
for the limited purpose of taking on certain supplies and departing 
within a 24-hour time period without having landed or taken on any 
passengers or other merchandise (see section 441(4), Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended), the report may be filed by either the master, owner, or 
agent, and shall be in the form and give the information required by 
that statute, except that the report need not be under oath. A derelict 
vessel shall be considered one in distress and any person bringing it 
into port may report its arrival.
    (d) The report of baggage and merchandise required to be made by 
certain passenger vessels making three or more trips a week between U.S. 
and foreign ports and vessels used exclusively as ferryboats carrying 
passengers, baggage, or merchandise (see section 441(2), Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended), is in addition to the required report of arrival, and 
shall be made within 24 hours of arrival.

[T.D. 93-96, 58 FR 67315, Dec. 21, 1993, as amended by T.D. 94-44, 59 FR 
23795, May 9, 1994]